Atlantic County Public Health Profile Report

The confidence interval indicates the range of probable
true values for the level of risk in the community.

A value of "NA" (Not Available) will appear
if the confidence interval was not published with
the NJSHAD indicator data for this measure.

(51.9
- 70.6)

State

40.8

U.S.

47.4

Atlantic Compared to State

Description of Gauge

Description of the Gauge

This graphic is based on the county data to the left.
It compares the county value of this indicator to the
state overall value.

Excellent = The county's value on this indicator
is BETTER than the state value, and the difference
IS statistically significant.

Watch = The county's value is BETTER than state value,
but the difference IS NOT statistically significant.

Improvement Needed = The county's value on this
indicator is WORSE than the state value, but the
difference IS NOT statistically significant.

Reason for Concern = The county's value on this
indicator is WORSE than the state value, and the
difference IS statistically significant.

The county value is considered statistically significantly
different from the state value if the state value is outside
the range of the county's 95% confidence interval. If the
county's data or 95% confidence interval information is
not available, a blank gauge image will be displayed with
the message, "missing information."

NOTE: The labels used on the gauge graphic are meant to describe
the county's status in plain language. The placement of the
gauge needle is based solely on the statistical difference
between the county and state values. When selecting priority
health issues to work on, a county should take into account
additional factors such as how much improvement could be made,
the U.S. value, the statistical stability of the county
number, the severity of the health condition, and whether the
difference is clinically significant.

Why Is This Important?

Unintentional injury is the leading cause of deaths among persons aged 1-44 years and the third leading cause among all ages combined. Unintentional injuries are, for the most part, preventable.

How Are We Doing?

In New Jersey, nearly 4,000 deaths were due to unintentional injuries in 2016. These include poisonings, motor vehicle-related fatalities, falls, suffocation, drowning, fire and smoke-related injuries, and others. The age-adjusted death rate due to unintentional injury had been increasing in recent years with a rise in unintentional poisonings.
In the total population and among each racial/ethnic group, males have much higher death rates than females. In New Jersey, the age-adjusted death rate due to unintentional injury is highest among White males followed by Black males. County rates per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) range from a low of 26 in Bergen to a high of 71 in Cape May.

Health Status Outcomes:

Data Sources

Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, New Jersey Department of Health
Population Estimates, State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, [http://lwd.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/dmograph/est/est_index.html]

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